The court said that unless the orders were issued by the court or listed in the prohibited list, authorities cannot stop registration of private properties.
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court made it clear that the chief commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) has not been conferred with powers to block the registration of private land in the absence of prohibitory orders issued by a competent court.
Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy stated that registration authorities were not supposed to refuse any registrations acting on the instructions issued by the chief secretary or the CCLA, more particularly when the property is not included in the list of prohibited properties under Section 22-A of the Registration Act 1908. The court said that unless the orders were issued by the court or listed in the prohibited list, authorities cannot stop registration of private properties.
Justice Reddy also said that the government and its authorities do not have any powers to include private properties in the list of prohibited properties, unless they fall in the categories envisaged under section 22-A of the Registration Act. In this regard, the judge also cited ‘Vinjamuri Rajagopala Chary and others vs. Principal secretary (revenue) Hyderabad’, in which the full bench of the Telangana High Court had laid down the law/guidelines relating to the procedure to be followed under section 22-A of the Registration Act.
Justice Bhaskar Reddy issued these orders while dealing with a petition filed by Venkata Subbaiah Thumati and Nooguri Prashanth, who challenged the directions of the chief secretary and CCLA to the registration department to block registration of the land measuring one acre and 26 guntas in survey no. 132/C/B situated in Bachupally of Medchal Malkajgiri district. The petitioners submitted that they had been allowed to book slots and payment of registration fee and other charges of `30,35,0734 . But, during the time of registration, they were informed that the land was blocked for registration on the directions of CCLA. According to CCLA, the land was listed as notion land and a third party was claiming it.
Videos of Medigadda barrage: HC puts brakes on arrest of KTR
Hyderabad: Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court has extended the stay orders till February 12 on proceedings, including arrest, of BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao and party leaders Venkataramana Reddy Gandra and Balka Suman in cases registered against them by the Mahadevpur police in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district.
The case was registered against them for taking videos of the Medigadda barrage on July 26, 2024, as they had not taken prior permission.
The three had sought stay on proceedings in the FIR. During the earlier round of hearing, counsel for the petitioners informed the court that the BRS leaders had visited the Medigadda barrage to bring out the facts in relation to the barrage as the state government was not lifting water from it thereby causing water shortage for the kharif season.
Snooping case: Don’t arrest Radhakishan, HC tells Panjagutta police
In a relief to P. Radhakishan Rao, former DCP of the task force, the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed Panjagutta police not to arrest him till February 12, in the FIR registered against him along with BRS leader T. Harish Rao, on charges of alleged tapping of the phone of one Gadhagoni Chakradhar Goud.
Panjagutta police had registered the case on December 1, 2024, when Goud complained that he and his family members were being harassed by the police under instructions from Harish Rao.
The High Court had given interim orders directing the police not to arrest Harish Rao in the said case till February 12. A similar relief has been given to Radhakishan Rao.
